Business Intelligence & Analytics

A fresh perspective. And faster, better answers.

BI + Analytics = Enterprise Data Discovery

Getting the right information to the right people at the right time – that's still the goal of everyday business intelligence. We provide easy-to-use, self-service business intelligence tools and solutions, along with the deployment of real-time analytics directly to mobile devices and Microsoft applications. So all decision makers – wherever they are – can monitor key metrics and make informed decisions. And features like governance, centralized metadata and scalability make it suitable for enterprise IT, too.

Data Visualization

Seeing is knowing.

Explore all your data. Discover new patterns. Create rich visuals and share insights. With analytics and business intelligence solutions from SAS, you can:

Get the picture. Fast. Get blazingly fast insights by exploring all relevant data, visually. In just seconds, you can spot previously unknown patterns, identify key relationships and uncover insights that would otherwise stay hidden.

See it. Understand it. Compelling visuals help you understand what your data has to tell you. Visualizations backed by analytics are explained in terms that everyone can understand.

Stop guessing. Start autocharting. Don’t know which chart would best display the results of your analysis? With autocharting, the chart that is best-suited to the type of data you select is automatically chosen for you. No more guesswork. No coding required.

Expand your analytics-based culture. With powerful analytics that anyone can use, you can drive adoption of analytics throughout your business intelligence community.

Ratchet up your reporting with the world's best analytics. What do you get when you combine simplified ad hoc query and reporting, an intuitive interface and world-class analytics? An enterprise BI platform suitable for everyone's needs.

Business intelligence with a bang. Business intelligence combined with analytics allows you to identify and share reports and performance metrics based on more foresight than hindsight.

Tried and true analytics. We've got 38 years of BI and analytic expertise. And more than 70,000 business, government and university sites depend on us to deliver trusted results.

Easy enough for anyone. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist – or even a data scientist – to use sophisticated analytics. Our drag-and-drop approach to analytics means absolutely no coding required.

Take it with you wherever you go. The need to answer questions and make decisions about your business doesn’t stop just because you’re away from the office. Now your road-warrior decision makers can see and interact with critical information and decision-making data – anytime, anywhere – on iPad® or Android tablets, and on smartphones.

Work in familiar everyday environments. Easily incorporate the data insights you gain into documents everyone is using in their everyday work. Information workers can continue to work within their familiar Microsoft environments while transparently using SAS Analytics and BI capabilities.

Powerful ad hoc reporting. Design compelling, interactive reports. Empower colleagues and others to interact with reports to answer their own questions. Create new visualizations so everyone gets a deeper understanding of the data.

Mashable graphics. Why stick with the norm? Don't limit yourself to a few bar charts or line plots. You can go far beyond standard graphical libraries to create customized blends that truly tell the story.

Collaboration

Employees spend 90% of their time in email. Why not add BI and analytics?

It's a social world. Why not put your analytics and BI where they can be shared? With SAS, you can:

Put analytics and business intelligence tools where people work most. Only SAS drives faster adoption by surfacing results and key insights in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook and Excel.

Exchange ideas and insights. As more business users have access to more data and analytics, it’s important for them to have conversations about results. Interactive commenting and annotations let you centralize your conversations.

Drive alignment for better business decisions. Spread the word with visual insights, and expand the reach of information you push out.

Easy-to-use collaboration capabilities. Promote idea sharing while saving valuable time. You can annotate screen captures of reports, then email them to others, who can add their thoughts as well. Or capture your comments via video and audio, and share them that way.

Everyday email transformed into everyday BI. Deliver analytic insights and BI to your users. It’s email without filling up inboxes. And it eliminates the need to open other applications to view reports.

Consistent, up-to-date information. Updated reports, analysis processes and dashboards are managed by SAS Metadata Server with centralized logins and permissions. So everything stays in sync. And that makes IT happy.

Self-Service BI

Anyone can do it.

Is it possible to satisfy IT and business users who want to explore and analyze data on their own? Yes it is. With SAS, you can:

Empower everyone with self-service SAS Analytics. Users of all skill levels can conduct fast, thorough explorations on all data. Forecast the future. Experiment with different scenarios. Analyze text data. Discover the best options. And make more precise decisions.

Do it yourself, and set IT free. The self-service, ad hoc visualization environment lets you load, explore and share data on your own, without burdening IT. And it puts an end to the waiting game. You're in control.

Take Microsoft Office to the next level. Microsoft Office is the very definition of self-service. Put SAS Analytics and our business intelligence tools into this familiar working environment, whether it’s email inboxes or Excel spreadsheets.

Executive? Manager? Data scientist? Share reports and visualizations across the company via the web, PDF files or mobile devices. Improve business knowledge and productivity. And make decisions – fast.

Got Outlook? Get analytics and reports delivered directly to your inbox. No need to fire up any other applications. From email to Excel, put analytic insights where people work most. Add the power of SAS visualizations to Excel worksheets and further search for answers – from your Excel comfort zone.